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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

830 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO

  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY

  SINCE 7:00 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WREN...RED

  HOUSE...PHENIX...MADISONVILLE...CULLEN AND ABILENE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3702 7846 3700 7880 3709 7888 3719 7883

      3725 7869 3720 7868 3720 7864 3714 7858

      3714 7852 3708 7845 3706 7845



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